Top Story of the Week Are human-caused and natural global warming different? Study says yes.
(Friday - February 01, 2013)
Source: Christian Science Monitor - A study suggests that human-caused and natural global warming episodes affect rainfall rates differently. The finding could help scientists better forecast what's ahead. The U.S. is turning into an energy 'superpower': API
(Tuesday - February 05, 2013)
Source: Market Watch - A revolution in oil and natural-gas development hasn't just spurred economic growth and new job creation in the United States, it's turning the nation into an "energy superpower," according to the American Petroleum Institute. ESG / Sustainability Companies profit from embracing sustainability
Wednesday - February 06, 2013)
Source: MIT - The percentage of companies reporting a profit from their sustainability efforts rose 23 percent last year, to 37 percent, according to the most recent global study by the MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR) and the Boston... How to get your CFO to love your sustainability director
(Wednesday - February 06, 2013)
Source: GreenBiz - For years people have been talking about making the business case for sustainability. That process typically entails the sustainability director coming up with an environmentally focused initiative and then spending several... 4 Innovative Sustainability Concepts For Big Business
(Tuesday - February 05, 2013)
Source: Coexist.com - Giant companies can have a massive impact when they change their policies to benefit society and the planet. Here are some new ways that big corporations can take their operations in a healthier direction. Harnessing sustainability: hearing the voice of the CEO
(Tuesday - February 05, 2013)
Source: GreenBiz - Having just returned from Davos, where the uncertain economic outlook was preoccupying delegates, it surprised me just how many were talking about sustainability as a growing imperative despite -- or perhaps because of... The Interfaith Center On Corporate Responsibility Issues 2013 Proxy Resolutions And Voting Guide
(Friday - February 01, 2013)
Source: ICCR - New York, NY - Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) have released their 2013 Proxy Resolutions and Voting Guide including all member-sponsored shareholder proposals for the upcoming proxy... Sovereign Wealth Funds Dutch Pension Fund and Ace Securities End Mortgage Suit
(Wednesday - February 06, 2013) Associated Profiles : Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP
Source: Bloomberg –Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, the biggest Dutch retirement fund, and Deutsche Bank AG (DBK)âs Ace Securities Co. ended a lawsuit over sales of residential mortgage-backed securities. ABP, based in... Wells Fargo to Target Sovereign Wealth Funds in Dubai Expansion
(Tuesday - February 05, 2013) Associated Profiles : Credit Suisse Group AG, Istithmar World - Dubai
Source: Bloomberg - The bank also plans to expand the products it offers to include capital markets, asset management, foreign exchange and derivatives, Hassan said. Global banks, including Morgan Stanley and... Hedges the key to Dutch fund performance
(Saturday - February 02, 2013) Associated Profiles : PGGM – Asset Managers for Pension Funds
Source: Financial News - The 2012 results from the Netherlands' five biggest pension funds out today underline how low interest rates are continuing to batter the sector and the role that risk-hedging swaps and bonds strategies play in... US Pension Funds N.Y. Comptroller DiNapoli: Cabot Oil Agrees to Disclose Procedures for Fracking Fluids
(Wednesday - February 06, 2013) Associated Profiles : New York State Common Retirement Fund
Source: FOX Business - Representatives for Cabot weren't immediately available for comment. Mr. DiNapoli, as trustee of the $150.1 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund, has filed several resolutions over the past... <Moral Stand May Doom Pensions
(Tuesday - February 05, 2013) Associated Profiles : California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
Source: ABQJournal - and in February Calpers, the fund for other California public employees, may join this gesture jamboree. All this is being compared to the use of divestment to pressure South Africa to dismantle... Tom DiNapoli on socially responsible investing, pension costs and debt
(Friday - February 01, 2013)
Source: Newsday - New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli was at Newsday for an editorial board meeting Thursday morning. A former Long Island assemblyman, DiNapoli is in charge of the state's pension funds, and also runs an office that... Teachers versus The Guns
(Friday - February 01, 2013) Associated Profiles : California State Teachers' Retirement System
Source: Sacramento Press - The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) as it'ss know by policy and financial geeks â took official action concerning guns by... Asset Managers The Chickens Come Home to Roost for Standard & Poor's
(Wednesday - February 06, 2013)
Source: Forbes - The U.S. Justice Department announced plans to file civil fraud charges against Standard & Poor's (S&P) relating to the atrocious ratings that Standard & Poor's gave to toxic subprime mortgage-backed securities. (It is unclear... Are the 'Big Four' Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?
(Tuesday - February 05, 2013)
Source: Working Knowledge, Harvard Business School - Are auditors becoming too big to fail? For over a decade, there have been articles and op-eds in the popular and business press arguing that the auditing industry, currently dominated by Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG,... R-Word For U.S. Economy in 2013 is Rebound Not Recession
(Thursday - January 31, 2013)
Source: Bloomberg - The "R" word that economists were using after yesterday's news that U.S. gross domestic product contracted in the fourth quarter was rebound, not recession. The economy will bounce back in the current quarter after plunging... | Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility Reporting G&A Institute is the Global Reporting
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(Wednesday - February 06, 2013) Associated Profiles : The Climate Group
- The Huffington Post - One casualty of our Too Big to Fail, 24-hour news cycle culture has been the faith that people used to put in the value of small things. Small farms, small communities, even "small" people, who will never...
US Blows, But China Blows Much, Much Harder
(Tuesday - February 05, 2013) Associated Profiles : The Climate Group
- EarthTechling - Changhua Wu, Greater China Director, The Climate Group said: "As the fugures compiled by BNEF demonstrate, China continues its commitment to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels by... Offshore Wind Powerhouse Scotland Aims For Even More
(Saturday - February 02, 2013) Associated Profiles : The Climate Group
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